2WD (two wheel drive)
 

Japanese bike with front & rear wheel chain drive ... something different

http://www.shesco.co.jp/

Much better pics here

http://narumi.de-blog.jp/narumi/2005...bike_81cd.html

wonder how that drive shaft on the left affects your pedaling, i'd be scared of catching my leg hair or pants in it

Wonder if braking force transfers to the front wheel. I bet the extra weight wouldn't be worth it for 2 WD.

http://www.christini.com Christini bikes has been doing it for a while for bicycles and motorcycles.

I'm wondering if the momentum of the front gear drive system would affect braking distance. I remember the first time I drove an AWD Subaru, when they first started building them. The acceleration and braking took a while to get used to. Like you had to overcome the drag to accelerate or stop. If the drive disengaged while not pedaling, I could see it working.,,,,BD

The easiest way to get 2WD is to fit a front electric hub motor it makes pedaling easier not harder, the 2WD is great off road even on a chopper, the looks from MTB riders when they pass you half way up a mountain are hilarious.

Thats gotta have some killer drag, and like said previously, if it could disengage, it'd probably be a lot better.

But still cool and would be fun to play with, especially in the snow.

sure beats a 2wd bike I saw in Sears 10 years ago that had the front wheel driven off a cable that ran off the rear wheel. And everything was plastic.

They seem to be pretty good with machining parts, they probably could make a custom frame to make it look much better and keep the components protected, and run it inside the front fork even. wish i could read japanese.

"TERYO
Anyhow tough to a run on a bad road.
It runs comfortably on a snowy road, the sands, stairs, etc.
Please enjoy the run completely different from the conventional MTB.

2WD BIKE Mark 29
A Mark 29 is the optimal, when running a town, and when running off-road one.
It is foppish, and a stable run is very good and also runs a bad road toughly."

I have a 2 wheel drive with a cable drive for the front.